Inside The Bills

The Bills Week 2 matchup with Carolina on Sunday still has tickets available. Bills President and CEO Russ Brandon laid out the numbers and plan for this week with the blackout deadline approaching on Thursday at 1 pm.

“We do have some tickets to move,” said Brandon, who appeared on the Howard Simon show on Bills flagship station WGR Sportsradio 550. “We have about 1,600 tickets left remaining for the game. The deadline is Thursday at 1 pm. Tickets are moving and we’re confident we’ll be able to get the game sold out.”

When asked if the team would buy out the remaining tickets to make it a sellout to get the game televised, Brandon said that won’t happen.

“No, the plan is to sell every ticket we can,” he said. “Our fans have done a great job stepping up, but we need to move through these tickets. We’ll be selling right through kickoff because we will have some visiting (team ticket) returns probably on Friday and Saturday. So we’ll have tickets right up to kickoff.”

When asked how confident he is in getting the game on TV, Brandon believes it will happen.

“I’m fairly confident,” he said. “Actually I’m more than fairly confident. I think we’ll get it done. The sales staff is doing an excellent job and the fans have done a good job the first couple of days this week and we’ve got a lot going on with the Wall of Fame ceremony Sunday as well.”

If you’re a Bills fan in Southern California you won’t be able to watch Sunday’s game against the Chargers on regular network TV.

Sunday’s game has been blacked out after the Chargers did not sell out Qualcomm stadium prior to Thursday’s 4 pm ET deadline for west coast venues. The Chargers are reporting that they have just under 5,000 tickets remaining for the game.

For the Bills fans in the San Diego area that weren’t plannimg on attending the game at Qualcomm Stadium, you may need to get a ticket if you want to see it.
That’s because approximately 5,500 tickets still need to be sold by 1:15 pm Pacific time Thursday, Dec. 8 to lift the local television blackout.

The Bills and Chargers kick off at 4:15 Eastern time Sunday and fans in WNY will see the game on TV since it is an away game.

The Bills are unlikely to sell out their upcoming home game against the Titans this week in time to lift a local blackout.

The team has 12,200 tickets remaining for the game and would need to sell them all prior to 1 pm on Thursday to lift the blackout. For those that want to see the game you can purchase tickets right here or call 1-877-BB-TICKS.

The Bills game will be available to all fans in Western New York Sunday thanks to a last minute ticket purchase by a local restauranteur.

Russ Salvatore of Russell’s Steaks, Chops and More and ardent Bills fan, purchased the remaining unsold tickets to Sunday’s game between the Bills and Patriots before the 1 pm league blackout deadline to ensure that the game would air on TV Christmas weekend in Western New York.

“I bought the remaining tickets so the Bills could be televised locally for our community, and so that some of the less fortunate could enjoy going to the game,” said Salvatore. “This is a Christmas present to the community, and I wish everyone in Buffalo a Happy Holidays! It feels good to do it, I love doing it and this comes from the heart.”

The remaining tickets will be distributed to various military and local youth charitable organizations in the Western New York community.

The Bills announced that Sunday’s game against the Jaguars has been blacked out for local TV.

﻿﻿﻿The game did not sell out 72 hours prior to kickoff (Sunday 1 pm) so the game will not be broadcast on TV in the Buffalo or Rochester viewing areas.

Tickets are still available for purchase for this weekend’s Bills-Jaguars matchup and fans may obtain tickets by going online at Buffalobills.com, by visiting Western New York Ticketmaster outlets or the Ralph Wilson Stadium ticket office, or by calling 1-877-BB-TICKS.

The Kansas City Chiefs have asked the league for a 24-hour extension to keep their game from being blacked out Sunday.

The Chiefs are expected to now have until Friday at noon to sell out their game Sunday against the Bills or risk having the game blacked out for the first time in 155 games to the local viewing area in Kansas, Missouri and surrounding states that fall under their home territory broadcast range.

By league rules games must be sold out 72 hours before kickoff which was 1pm on Thursday.